The early high yielding Co 2 onion as strain is of economic significance particularly in gardenised farming.An yield of about 12 tonnes of wet bulb can be harvested in just over 2 months of cropping period.This variety has been found to retain its earliness both in summer and winter months.The per day production of this variety works out to 183kg.Thenon-boiling nature of this variety is afavourable trait which promotes compared with the existing improved onion variety CO1 has been brought out.
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